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Jonathan Allen

Jonathan Allen is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News, based in Washington.

Jonathan Allen is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News, based in Washington.


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'We will call him President Trump': Defense lawyers vacillate between honorifics

Former President Donald Trump has been called a lot of names in the first six days of his New York hush-money trial.

Prosecutors at hush money trial say Trump led 'porn star payoff' scheme to 'corrupt' 2016 election

Opening statements began in Donald Trump's hush money trial. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker took the stand as the first witness for the prosecution.

Rousing a sleeping giant: Trump perks up as testimony begins in hush money trial

No one will ever accuse former President Donald Trump of being woke.

Trump's lawyers argue 'democracy' in response to 'porn star payoff' allegations. What you missed on Day 5 of his trial.

More than a year after securing an indictment, New York prosecutors for the first time on Monday laid out their case against Donald Trump in a courtroom.

'Everyone and their mother': Trump team and prosecution grapple with visceral opinions of the former president

If the prosecution and the defense in former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial can agree on one thing, it's this: He's not quite like any other defendant.

Fiery exchanges over Facebook posts and Trump's behavior mark second day of trial

The first seven jurors were selected for Donald Trump’s hush money trial Tuesday amid a battle over prospective jurors’ old Facebook posts and calls to “lock him up” and the judge’s warning that the former president should not try to intimidate the panelists who will be deciding his fate.

Trump's trial: A 'freak show' on the outside and solemn on the inside

Inside a courthouse nestled between Tribeca and Chinatown on Monday morning, former President Donald Trump's lawyers argued with the district attorney's office over procedures for a hush-money case that could send an ex-commander in chief to prison for the first time in American history.

Trump on trial tests his political wherewithal — and American resolve

The nation has never seen something like what will begin on Monday: a former president and current Republican nominee on trial for criminal charges.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson to deliver remarks with Trump on 'election integrity'

House Speaker Mike Johnson will travel to Mar-a-Lago Friday for remarks on “election integrity” with former President Donald Trump, sources said.

Trump says abortion restrictions should be left to states, dodging a national ban

Donald Trump said abortion laws should be left to the states, many of which have enacted new restrictions since he appointed Supreme Court Justices who voted to overturn federal protections for the procedure.

Trump tells billionaires he'll keep their taxes low at $50 million fundraising gala

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump emphasized the importance of extending his signature tax cuts to some of the nation’s wealthiest political donors, according to a readout of his private remarks Saturday night provided by a Trump campaign official.